Let us support you to achieve your health goals and maintain the change!

The Wiltshire Health Trainers service has been designed to give individuals in the community the support and encouragement they need to lead a healthy and stress-free lifestyle. Funded by NHS Wiltshire and delivered by Community First the service was launched in 2010, it is a free service that can help you find ways of leading a healthier lifestyle and look at areas where you are tempted into unhealthy habits.

The team currently consists for three Health Trainers who cover the areas of Tidworth, Larkhill and Bulford in the East of the county. More Health Trainers are planned for other communities later this year. Health Trainers are all local people who have been trained to help you make a real difference to your health by helping you to eat healthily, become more active, sleep soundly, manage stress, become smoke free, drink safely and socialise. They can talk to you about the kind of support you are looking for and the goals you would like to achieve. All information will be treated in the strictest of confidence and you will not be under any obligations.

During your first session you will talk about your needs and your Health Trainer will work with you to help you set your own goals. Together you will come up with an agreed action plan that is realistic and easy to follow and will be tailored to your individual needs.

The Wiltshire Health Trainers service can help and support you in getting out and about and meeting new people. Even if it is something as simple as wanting to make new friends then Health Trainers can work with you to find a suitable group/activity that will enable you to become more social.

Wiltshire Good Neighbours (WGN) is a new and exciting service that is being funded by Wiltshire Council and provided by Community First in partnership with Age UK Wiltshire and Age UK Salisbury. The service is an innovative response to a recognised need that many people living in our rural communities are unable to connect with the key services that help maintain well-being and support their quality of life. WGN is primarily aimed at older people living in rural communities who may be vulnerable or at risk of becoming vulnerable. The service seeks to establish a trusted and effective bridge between vulnerable individuals and the statutory services and local voluntary organisations that are able to offer help and support.

Good Neighbour Co-ordinators (GNCs) are at the very heart of this responsive new community service. Employed by Community First the GNCs are local people with the local knowledge and networks to connect with those most disadvantaged, vulnerable or isolated living in their community area. By visiting clients the GNCs are able to identify areas of required support that will help improve clients' lives and help to maintain their independent living. Having identified areas of support the GNC will then, through a specially designed web based database, connect with and refer clients to service providers or local support networks to ensure that any issues can be addressed and resolved.

The service is being delivered across many parishes throughout Wiltshire and we currently have 22 co-ordinators active within their communities. To find your local Good Neighbour Co-ordinator, please see the Wiltshire Good Neighbour Contacts document below or contact the service manager on 01380 732828